Most chemo and radiation treatment is based on the fact that the cancer cell is somewhat more sensitive to the poisons and radiation than the healthy cells. So they poison you ... very exactly.
Skating this close to being killed upsets your body systems a lot, but since the dose is so exactly controlled you get over it but your little buddy cancer cells bite the bullet. Sickness and hair loss is a side effect.
Latest developments use materials that are non-toxic and tasty to the cancer cells so they absorb a lot more than non-cancer cells. Once they're full a triggering agent or light activates the chemicals in the cancer cells. They die. The normal cells didn't build up the same concentration so they live.
All in all not nice. But, between a hard option and no chance at all I've always opted for the best bet to stay in the game.
A little more...Generally speaking, malignant cells reproduce VERY quickly -- moreso than other cells in your body. Chemo is targetted at killing off the fastest growing cells. Besides malignant cells, other fast-reproducing and fast growing cells include hair, finger and toenails, The GI lining, etc. In other words, all the places that chemo hits you.Post-operative chemo and/or radiation are really necessary almost every time. As an example with Breast cancer, a mastectomy with clean margins will yield the patient as being cancer free, but in higher stages of this disorder, not following up with chemo will result in a clonally identical cancer to re-emerge within 5 years about 85% of the time.
Chemo is a difficult phase and it's easy to let people who mean well convince you it's not. The bad news is that chemo is difficult. The good news is that it gets easier and then you're done. It can significantly increase your chances for long-term, non-problematic survival.
Because kimo therapy kills quickly reproducing cells. Quickly reproducing cells include cancer cells and unfortunately hair cells too.
The lumen.
Duodenal ulcers.
To support the mucosal lining of the gastrointestinal tract.
2-5 days.
Mucositis happens when cancer treatments break down cells lining the intestinal track. You can learn more about Mucositis online at the Wikipedia website.
an ulcer
This is called a urinary tract infection. This condition can cause irritation of the lining of the bladder, urethra, ureters, and kidneys.
ya,because when the digestive juice which is secreted by our stomach and no food is there to act on it,it touches the lining of our stomach and irritate it
I've done a lot of research into this. I'm not 110% sure but from what I've gathered gastrointestinal cancer can affect so many different parts of the body that you tend to just go with the color associated with that body part's cancer. For example, my dad recently died of gastrointestinal cancer. It hit mostly his colon and his stomach. Colon cancer is blue so I've gone with blue for all the cancer support I do for him. I hope this helps
Gastrointestinal oncology is a broad term that refers to the treatment of several malignant conditions pertinent to digestive organs and the gastrointestinal tract. The diseases Treatable with Gastrointestinal oncology include: Esophageal Cancer Gallbladder Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Bile Duct Cancer Colorectal Cancer Primary Liver Cancer Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Stomach (Gastric) Cancer There are mainly four stages of stomach cancer which include: Stage I: At stage one, the cancerous mass is only limited to the top layer of tissues lining the stomach or esophagus. The tumor may also spread to a few neighboring lymph nodes. Stage II: At this stage, the cancer tumor spreads deeper and reaches to the stomach or esophagusβs muscle layer. Moreover, the cancer cells may also advance to more lymph nodes. Stage III: At this stage, cancer cells grow to all layers of the stomach or esophagus. They may also reach extensively to lymph nodes and nearby organs. Stage IV: This is an advanced stage where cancer has spread to all distant areas of the body.
In smoking it means that the lining in your nose is irritated by the smoke in the cigarettes or tobacco.
Some specific conditions, but in general it is from chronic inflammation, infection or irritation.